Trainee Accounts Officer
- Port Louis
- 10,000 - 20,000
- Trainee
- Added 21/07/2025
- Closing 17/08/2025
- Stessy Chowrimootoo
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The Trainee Accounts Officer is responsible for the day-to-day financial operations related to supplier payments, expatriate support, bank reconciliations, and accounting data entry.
This role requires precision, organisation, and the ability to work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate financial processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Supplier and Subcontractor Payments: Ensure punctual execution of regular and (setting up of standing order) bank transfers in local and foreign currencies, urgent payments, weekly and at the end-of-month cheques, and maintain tracking files.
- Bank Reconciliations and Accounting Entries: Perform daily reconciliations, record transactions across multiple bank accounts, update financial systems.
- Cheque Management: Prepare, edit, scan, and track cheques for suppliers and providers, ensuring compliance with signing protocols and record-keeping.
- Support to Expatriate Operations: Process expatriate payments such as rental transfers, salary advances, school fee reimbursements, coordinating with HR and Finance teams.
- Petty Cash and Internal Support: Manage petty cash, update transaction logs, handle supplier creation requests, liaise with authorities (e.g. TAN numbers), and follow up on documentation.
- Monitoring and Follow-Up: Track dossiers for rent, vehicle leasing, school fees, and monthly bank reconciliations; maintain guarantees in Finance Active compared to internal reports.
Core Competencies
Hard Skills (Technical Competencies)
- Strong knowledge of payment processing and accounting principles
- Proficient in bank reconciliations across multiple accounts
- Experience with financial software such as Finance Active and advanced use of Excel (formulas, pivot tables, data tracking)
- Competent in cheque preparation and management
- Understanding of multi-currency transactions and foreign currency payments
- Basic knowledge of petty cash management and supplier onboarding processes
- Familiarity with expenditure tracking and vendor documentation requirements
- Excellent organisational skills and strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and efficiently meet daily deadlines
- Strong discretion and confidentiality in handling financial data
- Effective communication skills to liaise with internal departments and external partners
- Proactive and problem-solving mindset for follow-up and issue resolution
- Reliable and consistent with a strong sense of responsibility
- Adaptability to fast-paced and changing work environments
Soft Skills (Behavioral Competencies)
- Excellent organisational skills and strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and efficiently meet daily deadlines
- Strong discretion and confidentiality in handling financial data
- Effective communication skills to liaise with internal departments and external partners
- Proactive and problem-solving mindset for follow-up and issue resolution
- Reliable and consistent with a strong sense of responsibility
- Adaptability to fast-paced and changing work environments